Look into kernel documentation for "sysrq". Documentation/sysrq.txt
Alt-Sysrq key will get you out from disastor if you compile kernel with this option. This is for Frozen X,... * What are the 'command' keys? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'r' - Turns off keyboard raw mode. (THIS IS FOR FROZEN X) 's' - Will attempt to sync all mounted filesystems. 'u' - Will attempt to remount all mounted filesystems read-only. 'k' - Kills all programs on the current virtual console. 'b' - Will immediately reboot the system without syncing or unmounting your disks. 'o' - Will shut your system off (if configured and supported). On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 05:56:46AM -0700, D. Hoyem wrote: > Same subject different question. How do you shutdown > your system if it is FROZE, Ctrl+Alt+Del, nor the > system power button will not shut it down, the only > way that I know is to turn off the power strip. Is > there another way? -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + For more debian survival information, peek into: + + http://www.aokiconsulting.com/debian-survival/ +